One of the traditions I'm so so grateful I started when my oldest was tiny is gifting personal ornaments each year. Every year at Christmas I give each of the kids and my husband a new ornament that somehow represents something from their year. As much as my personality and home decor taste normally cringes at any semblance of tchotchke or trinket, I see this as totally different. Maybe it's because they're reserved just for Christmas and they have a designated home on the tree (i.e. not clut...
